The book “About Prison” by Michael Santos explains different aspects about prisoner and warden. Some inmates are willing to change and educate themselves so they do not reoffend. Mr. Santos was one of those inmates that made these positive changes. He was a well raised child from a hard working family and he decided to pursue his life in a different way than his family expected. Santos knew that getting involved into cocaine distribution was a highly risky endeavor, but he still pursued the “easy” money.
Criminal Justice Trends Michelle Denning CJA/484 April 22, 2013 David Mailloux Criminal Justice Trends There were a lot of directional and functional alterations in the American corrections during the last sixty years. These changes had occurred mainly as a result of trends. Starting from mid 1950s, socially inspired efforts had resulted into trends like the rehabilitation period of American corrections, creating different justice system for the minors, treatment-oriented ideas to reduce crime, community-based options to imprisonment, programs in which a criminal is conditionally released from jail for a trial period and legislative activity which increasingly supports public views. The transference of correctional services has been changed by some programmatic reactions to these trends. Some of these changes had troublesome effects on the criminal justice system.
I do believe we should not coddle them with taxpayer treatment programs that a lot of them enter and exit repeatedly. But, on the other hand, if those treatment centers do offer some sort of success, then it a good thing to offer them in hopes of the offenders not depending on drugs and having to commit crimes to get those drugs thus reducing crime, the courts, jails, and prison population. Drug treatment programs are less expensive than prisons and more effective at helping people turn their lives around. Many of the programs available to inmates are provided by organizations like AA and NA, which send volunteers into the prisons. Most of the volunteers are previous offenders who have changed their lives and now want to help other change their life.
Over 3 day injuries means that someone is away from work for more than 3 consecutive days due to sickness or injury. Injuries to members of the public or people not at work where they are taken to hospital need to be reported. Dangerous occurrences where something happens that doesn’t result in injury but could have and some work-related diseases such as stress and anxiety also need to be reported. First Aid Regulations (2009) First Aid Regulations give a duty on employers to provide adequate first aid equipment, facilities and personnel to their employees. First Aid Regulations also gives a ratio of how many fully trained staff there are to how many people there are on the premises.
"Charity towards criminals was much more acceptable and much more common in the Middle Ages. "Many people left bequests to help prisoners in their wills, for example." Town officials looking for good press would also leave baskets of food or ale for the jailed. Medieval authorities were lacking the funds to construct and upkeep jail systems as we know them today. In special cases when long-term incarceration was required, or to hold a prisoner awaiting trial, castle dungeons would have been used, according to the National Archives.
Most inmates return to prison shortly after being released. The return of inmates plus the new inmates being brought in also cause overcrowding in prisons. The New York Times (2009) states, “ With few probation and parole programs available, about two-thirds of all ex-convicts return to prison within three years”. Since the inmates are not properly being rehabilitated, they make the same mistakes or break their parole and end up back in prison. When someone has been in prison for so long and they are not properly rehabilitated, they go back to prison because it is how they know life to be, like it is there home.
According to the U.S. House of Representatives, majority of nursing homes do not have enough staff to meet the levels recommended by federal officials; the levels recommended are 3.45 nursing hours per patient daily. Senior’s usually lose their primary care physician, who is most familiar with the patient’s medical history and conditions, when they enter a nursing home. As a result of entering a new living environment, elders are given a doctor who has minimal knowledge when it comes to their medical history, and unfortunately physicians in nursing homes have an overload of patients and are constantly in a rush. Under federal law, physicians in nursing facilities are only required to see the resident once every thirty days for the first ninety days after a new patient is admitted to the nursing home. After the
Defense of Educating Inmates One of the most common characteristics amongst inmates is a lack of education; this affects the inmate’s ability to attain a job, possibly resulting in a life of crime and ultimately imprisonment. Education is the most helpful resource offered in the prison system; better behavior during incarceration, less chance of recidivism and better preparation for life after release are only some of the benefits of educating inmates. Because prisoner education programs “help promote a positive transition to society”, (Vacca 2004) participating inmates are more behaved, have fewer disciplinary issues, are far better prepared for the outside world and following release are more likely to succeed, rather than return to prison, “Inmates exposed to education programs have lower recidivism rates than those who do not participate. In particular, most vocational programs in prison reported lower recidivism rates, lower parole revocation rates, better release employment patterns and better institutional disciplinary records for participants than for non-participants” (Vacca 2004). The likelihood of a prisoners return to the prison system depends on his/her ability to prosper outside of prison, research by the Federal Bureau of Prisons shows that education programs increased a former inmates chances for success in the work force; “ex-prisoners who participated in employment and vocational education programs in prison had a better chance of maintaining employment and earning slightly more money than similar ex-prisoners who had not participated” (Vacca 2004).
History and Development of Corrections Stephanie Summers CJA 492 September 2, 2013 Carl Miedich History and Development of Corrections Dating back to around 200 years ago, the prison system has evolved and transformed through many avenues. This paper will address the progress the system has made beginning with early correctional facilities, the vision, purpose, supporters, environment, and punishments in the penitentiary ideal. It will also describe how the penitentiary ideal influences the two models of American prisons; The Eastern State Penitentiary and the Auburn. Lastly, it will give account to how World War II affected the correctional system. Early Correctional Institutions Dating back to the medieval times into the modern era, the typical correctional facilities was the gaol.
Reintroduction to society II. Conclusion: Recidivism in the United States has tremendously grown and the reason for its criminal or antisocial behavior is due to its treatment program, or detention program. As many of us find it hard to cope with the real world, inmates is struggling to live from day to day basic. Prison is supposed to reform inmates however due to the traumatic environment; the possibility of rehabilitations is not likely. However, the implementation of; Prison improvement program has made it possible for prison to preserve the basic human rights of inmates.